almost seems to me they are upset they didn't think of it first. Now if they did I am sure they
would defend it by saying best time to get registered voters since so many people pass by.

I wouldn't put it past both parties to make the last few shootings (mass and single shooting like this or Zimmerman's case) part of speeches they
give. Crap just look what happened int he elections/debates from right after September 11th. Every single one was saying blah blah 9/11 ,blah blah
9/11, wah wah blah 9/11, wha wha terrorists, blah blah 9/11,
reminds me of that Family Guy snippet with Mrs.Griffin running for office.

It has to be done with the utmost respect, and it can seem creepy if it is not driven by the community, for the community's own purposes. However, if
there is an outrage and a large number of people who feel unable to make themselves heard except by violence, then it is appropriate for respected
members of their own community to come to ground zero and offer a better way.

They absolutely can and absolutely should achieve a STUNNING overthrow of every trace of the authorities that let this happen and then tried to stand
by it with military arms, and they can do it without a shot fired.

There shouldn't be any unrelated petitions, there shouldn't be any paid operatives, there shouldn't be any outsiders save for volunteers working in a
supporting role behind concerned locals with a plan of their own, but there absolutely should be a nexus of sane and productive resistance directly on
top of the blood stains that would otherwise be a reminder that violence went unanswered- which is enough to rile up any reasonable person if left
alone.

Registering the graveyards is not a strictly democratic phenomenon. I once phonebanked to registered Republicans in the state of Utah. 1-2% of the
names I called were for people over the age of 90, and most of the numbers led to public buildings or were disconnected.

The citizens of Ferguson feel disenfranchised from and unrepresented by the power structures in their community. It's a primarily a black community
with mostly white officials. They've been criticized for protesting too exuberantly - how else are they going to affect change if not by the ballot?

But I suppose the conventional wisdom from last century is that they just STFU?

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